Getting in the Christmas Spirit

I've been dreading the holidays a bit.  It's going to be hard without mom and having Jonah gone. 

Last week I went to dad's with Mel and Tiff and we went through the Christmas stuff.  On Saturday we decided to put up our Christmas decorations.  Wyatt and Hallee were anxious to get them up, so we decided to do it early this year to try and help us get in the Christmas Spirit.

Wyatt put Jackson's Christmas sweater on him.

We had fun decorating while we listened to Christmas music.

I always love to go through the ornaments and see the cute pictures of the kids when they were little. 

Wyatt was happy to get on the roof and take care of the lights. 

They lights look good!

Wyatt set up the tree downstairs. Jonah always loved having that outside his bedroom door. 

I love having the house lit up with Christmas lights. 

Jackson looks cute in his pajamas. 

I love when the young women leaders share pictures of the girls. They raked leaves one night. Hallee enjoys young women's. 

On Sunday we had Sawyer over to play games. We always love when she comes over.  We surprised Jonah and she answered the call when he called that night.  He said it was the best surprise!  Jonah's mission rules are very lax compared to other missions.  He can message people on P-Day and use Facebook.  They are trying to crack down a little and asked all the missionaries to only message immediate family on P-Day for the rest of the year.  Jonah and I message while I'm at work at the end of his P-Day.  While we were messaging he told me about the new rule and how he hasn't been able to message Sawyer.  I asked if it was okay that we had her over and he said, "I felt like it was God's timing, blessing me for choosing to obey." I thought that was cool. 

Caitlyn wanted a happy picture with Jonah.  It's always so great to talk to Jonah. He had a busy week so it was fun to hear about what he has been up to.  He always asks everyone about their week and likes to hear what is going on at home. 

Hallee's friends were in the school play so she wanted to go support them.

She asked me to go with her and I'm so glad I did.  Spending the evening at a middle school play didn't sound great, but spending the evening with Hallee was very fun and she was grateful I came with her.  She gave me a hug on the way out and thanked me.